Sentences with phrase «authority on scripture»

Also, in the Protestant Evangelical world we put a great degree of authority on Scripture and, therefore, those who abuse often distort Scripture in order to gain access, control, and silence over victims and their families.

Anyone is free to call themselves a Christian, that does not make them an authority on the Scriptures.

Not exact matches

On Luther's side, the final break with the Church authorities came in the wake of Leo X's bull of November 1518; in that document, as Luther saw it, Leo arrogated to himself the power of defining Church teaching without accountability to Scripture, the Fathers, or the ancient canons.

In a fascinating historical treatment, Holy Scripture and the Quest for Authority at the End of the Middle Ages, Ian Christopher Levy offers a new perspective on this question.

In this engagement with Scripture, Evangelicals and Catholics are learning from one another: Catholics from the Evangelical emphasis on group Bible study and commitment to the majestic and final authority of the written word of God; and Evangelicals from the Catholic emphasis on Scripture in the liturgical and devotional life, informed by the lived experience of Christ's Church through the ages.

Until there are stronger practices of friendship and community and hospitality in the church, I feel an enormous amount of anguish and frustration when I tell young gay Christians that, yes, I do think, on the authority of Scripture, that God is asking you to live without gay sex.

No man on this earth has the authority to interpret scripture except a prophet of God.

On the level of authority, the Scripture is set over against reason and tradition (understood both ecclesiastically and as the cumulative and collected wisdom of personal experience).

He concludes with an important point: ``... the Reformers» insistence on the authority of scripture made several important points, but left many other matters open for further discussion.

But even identifying these two very consequent decisions does not explain how in Lutheranism, of all places, the authority of Scripture could be so undermined and why in Lutheranism, with its strong theology of God's orders of creation and preservation, anyone could hope to get away with proposing that sexual arrangements be judged on quality not kind.

To be sure, orthodox Protestantism continued to flourish, but the termites chewed on and a theology independent of Scripture, tradition, and magisterial authority flourished.

(After a brief interlude, we will move on to N.T. Wright's Scripture and the Authority of God, which I'm really excited about.)

Although, the various orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy have different views about the nature of Vedic revelation, they accept the authority of the Vedas and claim that that their thinking is based on these scriptures.

The notion that the Bible is «true» scripture and all other scriptures are «false» is so stamped in the mind of many Christians that any discussion on scriptural authority becomes almost impossible.»

They explained their disagreements over faith and works, the location of church authority, the relation of scripture and tradition, and so on.

For example, Moses Stuart of Andover Seminary in Massachusetts (who was sympathetic to the eventual emancipation of American slaves, but was against abolition), published a tract in which he pointed to Ephesians 6 and other biblical texts to argue that while slaves should be treated fairly by their owners, abolitionists just didn't have Scripture on their side and «must give up the New Testament authority, or abandon the fiery course which they are pursuing.»

Evangelicalism was, at its heart, a movement, influenced not only by a strong emphasis on the authority of Scripture but also by a lively, impassioned, and deeply personal spirituality — an eclectic, ecumenical mix of elements from Pietism, Presbyterianism, Puritanism, and Pentecostalism.

In James» view, the Reformation led to a chaos of doctrines, as independent authorities began interpreting scripture for themselves, thus proving the value of Catholicism's centralised body of teaching centred on the authority of the Pope.

But for leaders such as Wilson that begs the question of whether scripture or personal experience is the final authority on moral conduct.

One way to begin to free ourselves from the bondage of power that we put on others and put upon ourselves is to unravel the theology and Scripture texts which have been used to support our claim to power and authority.

But currently, we're discussing Scripture and the Authority of God by N.T. Wright, and today I want to discuss Chapter 8, entitled, «How to Get Back on Track.»

On the one hand, by our historical amnesia we break our continuity with historic Christian faith as did the liberals and, on the other, we accord to some preachers a magisterial authority in interpreting Scripture not unlike Roman Catholics dOn the one hand, by our historical amnesia we break our continuity with historic Christian faith as did the liberals and, on the other, we accord to some preachers a magisterial authority in interpreting Scripture not unlike Roman Catholics don the other, we accord to some preachers a magisterial authority in interpreting Scripture not unlike Roman Catholics do!

It is not sufficient, however, to point out that there are innumerable ministries in the several Christian communities that insist on the objectivity of truth, the authority of Scripture and Spirit - guided interpretation, the ecclesial means of grace, and the reality of moral good and evil.

On the question of biblical authority in Reformation theology much has been written but especial note should be taken on A. Skevington Wood, Captive to the Word: Martin Luther, Doctor of Sacred Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969); Kenneth Kantzer, «Calvin and the Holy Scripture,» in Inspiration and Interpretation, eOn the question of biblical authority in Reformation theology much has been written but especial note should be taken on A. Skevington Wood, Captive to the Word: Martin Luther, Doctor of Sacred Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969); Kenneth Kantzer, «Calvin and the Holy Scripture,» in Inspiration and Interpretation, eon A. Skevington Wood, Captive to the Word: Martin Luther, Doctor of Sacred Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1969); Kenneth Kantzer, «Calvin and the Holy Scripture,» in Inspiration and Interpretation, ed.

It is not sufficient, however, to point out that there are innumerable ministries in the several Christian communities that insist on the objectivity of truth, the authority of Scripture and its Spirit - guided interpretation, the ecclesial means of grace, and the reality of moral good and evil.

Moving on, I've quite enjoyed what I've read of your thoughts (and His) on the «holy doctrine of the Inspiration of Scripture» — I don't know who I'm quoting, just someone with an air of pious church authority tone!

When, years later, I found Calvin declaring that every Christian experiences the inward witness of the Holy Spirit to the divine authority of Scripture, (2) I rejoiced to think that, without ever having heard a word on this subject, I had long known exactly what Calvin was talking about — as by God's mercy I still do.

His most - often quoted authority on the historic faith is C. K. Chesterton; on scripture it is such postliberal interpreters as Walter Brueggemann and N. T, Wright.

The only intelligible solution to this problem would seem to be to admit the relative religious value, based on experience, of each group's scriptures for its own corporate life, but to recognize that no book has final authority.

When this happens, it may no longer be true that the Scriptures possess intrinsic authority based on contemporary experience.

It is, in particular, the second of evangelicalism's two tenets, i. e., Biblical authority, that sets evangelicals off from their fellow Christians.8 Over against those wanting to make tradition co-normative with Scripture; over against those wanting to update Christianity by conforming it to the current philosophical trends; over against those who view Biblical authority selectively and dissent from what they find unreasonable; over against those who would understand Biblical authority primarily in terms of its writers» religious sensitivity or their proximity to the primal originating events of the faith; over against those who would consider Biblical authority subjectively, stressing the effect on the reader, not the quality of the source — over against all these, evangelicals believe the Biblical text as written to be totally authoritative in all that it affirms.

On the other hand, we do not ask whether Brunner is right or wrong in denying the absolute authority of the written word in Scripture and creed.

The authority of Scripture can not be appealed to, for this depends upon its witness to revelation, not on independent evidence of its inerrancy.

Christian spirituality is based on the teaching of Jesus, as known through the Scriptures, and interpreted by the Christian tradition, generally through the authority of the churches.

To support his slurs, Eichenwald first tries to undermine reliance on Scripture as a supreme authority for moral discernment and then to show how Christians, oblivious to the problems with biblical inspiration, ignore its clear teaching.

By focusing on individual conversions apart from traditional church authorities that had, even for Protestants, provided the context for the communication of biblical truth, the revivals encouraged individuals to appropriate Scripture for their own purposes.

Because on investigation of the text it is noted that Jesus accepted Scripture as his sole and divine authority (admittedly Jesus» pronouncements and actions were not framed in the context of the twentieth - century debate on authority, but his trust in Scripture still seems incontrovertible), Christians similarly believe the Bible to be basic to their faith and life.

Each rejects the hermeneutical extremes that refuse to admit the role of higher criticism on the one hand or that use hermeneutical procedures to call into question Scripture's integrity and complete authority on the other.

Noll writes, «the foundational profession of Reformation Protestantism to rely on Scripture before — or even apart from — other authorities faded as Protestant self - identification strengthened.»

The importance of recognizing the authority of multiple Biblical witnesses must be maintained if interpreters are to avoid twisting the Biblical record to support outside aims.37 Paul Holmer is correct in warning against evangelicals treating the Scripture as if it were a literary and metaphysical and casual gloss on a literal and systematic structure that it otherwise hides.

So the Scriptures have a recognized sacred authority, a canonicity, based on their close association with the sacredness of the Christ.

First, a little history: In the 16th century Protestant and Catholic positions on justification became polarized and soon escalated to include other doctrines, including the authority of the church; scripture and tradition; good works; merit and indulgences; the mass; and sin and its effects in human life.

I might be ecelectic, but what makes me consistent is my belief is something that combines the belief of Scripture with that of Englightenment philosophy: nurturing life is goodness, simply, and helping others to see a model that thinking for ourselves can help heal the world of all past injustices - so that we all learn to WANT to be good... within reason and by our own choice...: you have a society like that, you'll have less injustices, less violence, less money - grubbing by people who hold themselves as representatives of «authority» -(which side are you on, by the way, if you see the world as so divided in such a bipolar reality...?)

These questions are not without significance, touching on the person of Christ and the nature of faith, and the answers will only come from an engaged discussion of the authority of Scripture, the historical witness of the church, and the clarity with which the councils, creeds, and confessions give expression to the teaching of the Bible.

The union, however, rests on the authority of Scripture; there was no rational basis for it.

I am going to end the series on Inspiration (for now), and move on to the issues of canonicity, inerrancy, and authority of Scripture.

The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth.»

But the normativeness of Scripture should still take seriously the reality of a spectrum of other views among listeners, ranging from the Bible as an imprimatur on the preached word to the biblical text as having little inherent authority (Allen).

The spiritual authority of a pastor depends on a capacity to interpret Scripture so that it becomes good news to the people of God.

Christians rightly enter into public life, seeking to leaven our laws with the wisdom of Scripture and church tradition, not asserting claims on the basis of church authority, but arguing for them in the give - and - take of civic discourse.